Plant-bench for hothouses.



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PLANTBBNGH FOR HOTHOUSES. APPLICATION FILED mn. s

EENEWED AUG. a, 1910.

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N'ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN OADONOGHUE, or JEn-sEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PLANT-BENCH FOR HOTHOUSES.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN ODoNoGHUE, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant-Benches for Hothouses, of which the following is a. specification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to plant benches for hot houses, conservatoriesand the like; and the object thereof is to provide an improved bench ofthis class composed of reinforced concrete and which may be of anydesired dimensions and ornamented in varis ous styles.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which;

Figure l is a perspective view of a plant bench made according to myinvention, and ,-F ig. 2 a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

In the practice of my invention, in the form of construction shown, Iprovide a plurality of concrete side posts o; any desired number ofwhich may be employed, together with a plurality of corner posts Z9which are curved or segmental in cross section, and said posts areadapted to be set into the ground as clearly shown at c in Figs. l and2.

The posts a and Z9 are composed of concrete reinforced by steel rods orother reinforcing material as indicated at c2 in Fig. 2, and said postsa and Z) are provided at the tops thereof with reduced upwardly directedmembers or extensions a2 and b2 respectively, and the upwardly directedextensions a2 and Z22 of the posts a and form at the top portions ofsaid posts laterally directed shoulders a4 and Zit on which are placedhorizont-al top side plates or bars Z and horizontal top end plates orbars c, and the plates or bars d and c are connected with the upwardlydirected extensions a2 and b2 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 8, 1909, Serial No. 481,96*?.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910. Renewed August 8, 1910. Serial No. 576,079.

the posts a and Z) by a tongue and groove construction as shown at f.

The side plates or bars d and the end plates or bars c are provided attheir bottom inner edges with inwardly directed ledges g, and at thetops of the posts a and o are similar ledges g2, and placed transverselyin the top of the frame work formed by the posts a and Z2 and thehorizontal top plates, bars or members al and e are transverse floorplates It which are reinforced as shown at 72,2, and the top plates,bars or members d and c are also reinforced as shown at h3.

The floor plates 7L are preferably provided with perforations h4 in theusual manner, and in practice the top portion of the bench is filled inwith earth as shown at z' and the plants or plant seeds are placedtherein, or if desired the bench formed in the manner shown anddescribed may serve as a support for potted plants only.

The posts a and b may also be bound together transversely or otherwiseby tie rods or devices y', and the various parts of my improved benchwith the exception of the floor plates L may be provided in theoperation of casting or molding the same with any desired form ofornamentation or configuration; and various changes in and modilicationsof the construction and form of the bench, as herein shown anddescribed, may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is z- A bench for hot houses, conservatoriesand the like consisting of posts the tops of which are provided withupwardly directed exten- 'sions at the bottoms of which are laterallydirected shoulders, top, side and end plates placed on said shouldersbetween the upwardly directed extensions of said posts and connectedwith said extensions by a tongue and groove construction, the innersides of said posts and said top, side and end plates being providedwith inwardly directed ledges or projections below the tops thereof, andtransverse floor plates placed presence of the subscribing witnessesthis on saf-il'ledgces or projections, said posts, the 6th day ofMai-ch, 1909. top, side an end plates and the transverse T T floorplates being all coniposed of reinforced JOHB O DOB OGHUL' ,5 concrete.Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing C. E. MULREANY, as iny inventionI have signed my name in H. R. CANFIELD.

